Archives May 2016

Tatsumi, left, who plays Josh, and Shingo Usami, who plays Kenji, have to reconcile their differences to keep their family together in 'Riceballs'. Photo courtesy: TIFF
The short film shows the struggles of both characters in the wake of a family member's death. His son misses his mother and his father...

Kenta Maeda, 28, pitches with the Los Angeles Dodgers and made his first Canadian appearance on May 6th. Photo by: Jon Eto
Maeda became the second Dodger pitcher since 1947 to hit a homerun in his MLB debut (off Andrew Cashner of the Padres on April 6, 2016) and is the first non-US born pitcher...

Annie Sumi, 22, is on three-month tour of Ontario right now and gaining momentum with each show. Photo by: Jon Eto
Highlighted with big names like Canada’s Tegan & Sara, the Strumbella’s, Lights and others, it's also an opportunity for networking and showcasing rising new artists like...

Yoshiko Unno stands in a greenhouse filled with peas on her farm that grows Japanese vegetables all year round in Victoria, B.C. on April 20, 2016. Photo by: Kayla Isomura
Umi Nami, located in the Metchosin district of Greater Victoria, specializes in year-round Japanese crops.
“It’s local...

Chuck Terada, left, was an infielder with the Vancouver Asahi in the 1940s. Fark Shiraishi, centre, Kaye Kaminishi, right. Photo courtesy: NNM
Seeing Chuck in the Asahi uniform brought back special memories to me because he was a Kitsilanoite as were Asahi icons Roy Yamamura, Reg Yasui and Bob (Yasui)...

Jai West plays Mak, a mysterious driver and worker, in The People Garden alongside Pamela Anderson.
Sweetpea (Hemingway) goes to Japan in order to break up with Jamie, her rock star boyfriend, only to find that he's gone missing in a mysterious forest while shooting a music video. Mak (West) is sent...

Hiroshima, pictured here, and Nagasaki were both attacked with nuclear weapons causing an estimated death toll of 220,000 people.
President Obama will be joined by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the May 27 visit that is meant to highlight the countries' continued commitment to pursue world...